Install Trouble

Trouble with Installation, finding Charts, and connecting GPS & Instruments.

  1. Installation
  2. Chart Files Tab
  3. Installing Charts with Chart Downloader Plugin Chart Downloader
  4. Installing GPS GPS Setup and Status
  5. Instruments - Devices must provide NMEA 0183 data via Serial or Network with a range of protocols and settings available. The description for connecting to hardware is in the Options > Data Connections section. Connections and for additional assistance NMEA Sentences
  6. See Supplementary Hardware
  7. Also read Supplementary Software which has information about using an Android Phone's GPS, etc.

Why is recently updated OpenCPN performing badly?

  1. Look in the opencpn.log file. Try closing Opencpn, deleting the opencpn.log file and then reopening OpenCPN to create a new log file, then use Opencpn to cause the trouble again. Then look at the Log file to find messages that are associated with the problem.
  2. Verify the problem is not from an old and outdated opencpn.ini file. Rename your opencpn.ini file for possible reuse later, and restart Opencpn to create a fresh new opencpn.ini file. Test for the problem.
  3. Do you have Chart Display problems? Try turning on or off OpenGL and Running update of the Chart Database.
  4. Do you have a problem with paid charts? see Oesenc or ocharts.
  5. Do you have old plugins? Disable and uninstall all external plugins with the plugin uninstall program. Test OpenCPN and then download new updated plugins and install them one at a time and test.
  6. Final Resort: Try starting over by uninstalling Opencpn following this approach.
    • Go to the ProgramFiles “OpenCPN” folder, and use the uninstall programs, preferably starting with the plugins, and ending with the OpenCPN.
    • Check that the “opencpn” initialization folder of program data has been removed. Otherwise, do it manually.
    • Use the CCleaner software to clean the PC Windows registry in particular. (option)
    • Download OpenCPN again and all the plugins you need.
    • Install OpenCPN.
    • Run OpenCPN to verify that the operation is correct.
    • Install, one by one, the plugins you need.
    • Run each plugin before installing another one

I have a problem so I reinstalled, but that did not help.

- Try this approach instead - Troubleshoot Installation